Dunstable Town railway station
Dunstable Town | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL026219 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Great Northern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 3 May 1858 | Opened as Dunstable Church Street | ||||
| 1 January 1927 | Renamed Dunstable Town | ||||
| 7 December 1964 | Goods facilities withdrawn | ||||
| 26 April 1965 | Closed to passenger traffic | ||||
| 17 January 1987 | Last train calls at station | ||||
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Dunstable Town, also known as Dunstable Church Street, was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's branch line from Welwyn which served Dunstable in Bedfordshire from 1858 to 1965. Against a background of falling passenger numbers and declining freight returns, the station closed to passengers in 1965 and to goods in 1964, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. The station site is now in use as part of the Luton to Dunstable Busway.